Laney Salisbury
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“By the end of the twentieth century Interpol was ranking art crime as one of the world’s most profitable criminal activities, second only to drug smuggling and weapons dealing. The three activities were related: Drug pushers were moving stolen and smuggled art down the same pipelines they used for narcotics, and terrorists were using looted antiquities to fund their activities. This latter trend began in 1974, when the IRA stole $32 million worth of paintings by Rubens, Goya, and Vermeer. In 2001, the Taliban looted the Kabul museum and “washed” the stolen works in Switzerland. Stolen art was much more easily transportable than drugs or arms. A customs canine, after all, could hardly be expected to tell the difference between a crap Kandinksy and a credible one.”
― Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
― Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
“Detective Sergeant Jonathan Searle, a Cambridge-educated art historian who worked at Special Branch, the muscle behind British intelligence on national security and espionage.”
― Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
― Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
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